Stade Toulousain 28-29 Stade Français
Toulouse : Lebel (9e), Arnold (29e), Cramont (73e)
French Stadium : Macalou (58th), Hamdaoui (66th)
At the mermaid, Joris Segonds offered victory on a plate to his people. His penalty shot from the right was perfect and under the whistles of the Stadium, he delivered his 21 partners. However, Stade Français only led 2 minutes in regulation time.
One half each
Stade Toulousain started the match with their feet firmly on the ground. Lebel inherited a skimming ball with deceptive rebounds to put his people on the right track. If Sanchez rebalanced the balance at the foot of the other side, the Red and Blacks finished half-time on a whirlwind. Arnold took advantage of a Parisian concentration jump to flatten and Holmes gave the advantage to his team: 17-6. The Toulousains dominated but could regret a touch at 5m very badly negotiated just before returning to the locker room.
When the latter returned, it was the Parisians who returned with drool on their lips. After an exchange of courtesies between Sanchez and Holmes, Macalou took advantage of a hard work from Waisea to pick up the score. A few minutes later, it was Hamdaoui who flattened and Segonds improved to give the advantage to his team: 23-26.
First in 8 years
Stung in the face, the Toulouse reacted and a maul after a touch allowed Miquel to restore the advantage to his people. Holmes missed his second kick of the evening and his team remained within gunshot distance: 28-26. The fate of this clasico had to be settled in the last moments. On a silly penalty conceded, Segonds had the victory penalty at the end of his foot. The striker who entered during the game did not need to be asked and gave Stade Français its first victory on Toulouse soil after 10 defeats in a row.
Nothing is going well, therefore, on the side of Toulouse, which loses its fifth consecutive match, a first for 8 years. Ugo Mola’s men are in 5th place, 5 points behind the Montpellier dolphin. The Parisians are 8th and can dream of qualifying for the final stages, 3 small points behind their neighbors Racing 92.
